Cooking vessel.



No. 70'6,0|4. x Patented Aug. 5, I902.

A. A. BRANDENBURG & w. c. KINO-BELOCK. COOKING VESSEL.

(Application filed Apr. 23, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY A.BRANDENBURG AND WILLIAM C. KNOBELOOK, OF ST. LOUIS, I

MISSOURI.

COOKING VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 706,014, dated August 5, 1902.

Application filed April 23, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, ANTHONY A. BRAN- DENBURG and WILLIAM G. KNOBELOOK, citizens of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oookin g Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention has relation to improvements in cooking vessels; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts morefully setforth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is apart elevation and middle vertical longitudinal section of one form of our vessel. Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof with parts broken away, and Fig. 3 is a detached view in elevation of the detach- 2o able cover.

The object of ourinvention is to construct a cooking vessel for domestic and commercial purposes in which provision shall be-made for the ready escape of steam therefrom, and

2 5 thus prevent the contents of said vessel from boiling over, as is generally the case with the prevailing forms of domestic cooking vessels.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body portion of an ordinary form of coffeepot, in the present instance being provided with an upper outwardly-flaring concave rim 2, whose wall forms one of the walls of the spout 3-, the spout and rim extending to the same height above the pot. At the base of the rim or wall 2 is formed an annular seat4 for the support of the lower edge of a cover 5, the lower edge of the latter being scalloped, 0 thereby leaving openings 6, distributed adjacent to said edge, for the free and uninterrupted escape of steam as fast as the same is generated Within the pot. The peripheral walls of the cover 5 are provided with incisions or recesses 7 7 .whose vertical members 7 are passed over a series of radially-disposed locking-arms S, distributed along the inner surface of the rim 2, when the cover being Serial No. 104,373. (No model.)

given a slight turn or twist causes the arms to enter the horizontal members 7 of said recesses, the cover thereby becoming securely locked in position. With the cover in position, as shown, Fig. 1, there is formed between it and the rim 2 an annular basin, from which any liquid which is carried mechanically thereinto by the steam issuing through the opening 6 will gravitate back into the pot, and thus a minimum loss of liquid results, and boiling over is practically avoided.

It is of course apparent that we may alter the details herein shown withoutin any wise departing from the nature or spirit of ourinvention. So, too, is it obvious that we may use our principle not only on domestic cooking vessels, but may be applied for factory l and general commercial purposes.

Having described our invention, what we claim is-' 1. A cooking vessel having a body portion, an upper outwardly-flaring rim or wall, an 7c annular seat at the base of the rim, a cover having scallops formed along the lower edge thereof adapted to rest on said seat, and means carried by the rim for locking the cover in position, substantially as set forth. 7 5

2. A cooking vessel having a body portion, an upper,outwardly-flaring rim or wall, a spout having one of its walls formed by the wall of the rim, an annular seat at the base of the rim, a cover having scallops formed along the lower edge thereof adapted to rest on said seat, and means carried by the rim for looking the cover in position, substantially as set forth.

3. A cooking vessel having a body portion, an upper outwardly-flaring rim or wall, a spout, an annular cover adapted to rest within the rim, openings or perforations formed on the cover above the lower edge thereof, recesses having vertical and horizontal mem- 9o bers out in the peripheral wall of the cover, and locking-arms distributed along the inner surface of the rim for engaging said recesses and locking the cover in position, substantially as set forth.

4. Acooking vessel having a body portion,

an upper outwardly-flaring rim or wall, an In testimony whereof we afix our signaannular seat at the base of the rim, 2. cover tures in presence. of two witnesses.

having a series of openings formed adjacent ANTHONY A. BRANDENBURG. to the lower edge thereof adapted to rest on WILLIAM G. KNOBELOCK. said seat, and means carried by the rim Witnesses:

above said seal; for locking the cover in posi- EMIL STAREK, lion, substantially as set forth. I G. L. BELFRY. 

